Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
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by the seuall, the ship swung round
as if pivoted on chain, and when
the underside of the spars and rem
nants OF the sails caught the gale,
she righted slowly to an even keel and
lay head to the wind, the torn canvas
and broken spars, aloft, Stating and
banging.
1t was Just in time, for the first vio-
lence OF the squall, which had kept
the water fiat, was now abated, and
the waves began to rise rapidly.
They came with q rush that showed
strength enough to have soon
wrenched off the matches and sunk
the ship, had she remained upon her
beam ends.
When semblance of order was re-
stored aloft, and the vessel placed un-
der command again, the captain went
below to tell his wife that all danger
was passed. In g. few moments his
excited voice was heard calling:
"Send the carpenter aft !"
"Chips" obeyed the summons; and
when be entered the cabin, was as
tonished to find the captains wife
damned by a heavy crest against
splinted lee bulkhead, and half COW
cred with broken crockery from the
shelves of the steward s locker.
When the ship went over she had
jumped from her bed to run on deck,
but the crest broke away from her
lashings on the weather side, and slid
ing across the floor, knocked her
down and half through the thin pine
paneling, holding her there, bleeding
and una le to move.
She knew that if her husband lett
the deck to come to her rescue, the
few moments in which he might right
the ship would be lost. When he
crawled through the broken port, she
said nothing of her situation, feeling
thoughts would be of her. She pur-
posely misled him by her feigned So
licitude for the safety Of the log book,
and forgetting her own danger, ad.
monished him to look to his ship.
If the vessel had gone own she would
have been drowned like a helpless
animal in q trap; but she ran the risk
in order that the crew on deck might
not be diverted from their efforts to
save the ship. With this end in view,
she made no outcry when the heaving
of the ship moved the crest back and
forth, grinding her against the sharp
splinters.
She had tainted from pain when the
captain found her. Part of the bulk
head had to be cut away to release
her, without further laceration, from
the ragged edges of the woodwork.
When the carpenter went forward
he told what he had seen In thecabin;
and the man who had been at the
wheel related the conversation that
had passed between the captain and
his wife through thewindow.
The crew were impressed. Sailors
unavoidably see SO much that is I'm
lovely IN women, that they are es.
pecially quick to recognize true wo.
and are outspoken ad. |
mirers of that high moral courage
which often nerves delicate ladies, in
times Of great danger. to q heroism |
seldom equaled in the sterner sex.
After breakfast the next Sunday |
morning, Mrs. White appeared on
deck for the first time since the squalL |
She was seated in an easy chair on the
quarterback, her arm in q sling and g. |
bandage around her forehead. The Off |
GERS were suddenly startled by seeing
the crew come aft in body; and, re-
membering their former experience,
assumed defensive at
titude.
One of the men treasured them by
as spokesman, and saying,
with rude eloquence that they want
ed to thank Mrs. White for her brave
and unselfish action, both in defend
ing her husband and for Indirectly
saving the ship when struck by the
squat, as they knew well that, had
she been released first, the ship could |
not have been released afterward. |
They had been so determined that g. |
show offorce by the officers would not
have sufhced to make them work the
vessel to Montevideo; but the courage
and kindness of the weakest member
of the ships company had done more
than all the powder and ball in the
arm chest could have accomplished;
induced them to give up
their intention to mutiny again and
run the ship ashore near Pernambu-
co.
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with the prevention of mutiny and
the safety of the ship and
the lives OF the officers. Presenting
their respects to Mrs. White, they as.
sured her and the officers that they
would be peaceable and subordinate
for the rest Of the voyage.
The man that had been wounded
during the mutiny brought aft ham
mock which he had made of cnd line
for Mrs. White, and when hehad slung
it in the shade of a. sail, shewas placed |
in it, we'll pleased at the influence q
good woman could have over sixteen
lawless and desperate men.
Alter the Sunderland reached port
the Incidents OF the voyage were made
the subject of much comment by the
press, and the captains wife received
every mark of respect and admiration
from the masters Of the vessels then
lying in the harbor of Montevideo.
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